To begin, let's talk about jailbreaks in greater detail. Jailbreaking generally applies to iOS mobile devices and involves obtaining elevated privileges in order to remove certain software restrictions. There are multiple reasons why users may want to do it with their devices:
- Getting access to extra functionality: In this case, a user becomes able to tweak the operating system appearance or get access to not-supported features.
- Unlocking carrier-locked phones: This may help unlock devices, so they can be used with other mobile carriers.
- Installing not-approved or pirated software: Here, examples include older versions of software, custom input systems (popular in China), or generic App Store software from other markets without paying for it.
While the terms jailbreaking and rooting are often used interchangeably, jailbreaking is actually a broader term, as it also involves unlocking the bootloader in order to modify the operating system, for example, to allow...